As book sales rise, Rainy Day Books reopens to in-person shopping
Tuesday, Rainy Day Books in Fairway, Kansas, will reopen to in-person shopping for the first time since March 2020.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Tuesday, customers will be able to browse the shelves of Rainy Day Books in Fairway, Kansas, for the first time since March 2020.
Stay-at-home orders in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus forced
the bookstore to close temporarily. For about the last year, Rainy Day only offered curbside pickup for orders made online or over the phone. New guidance from the CDC, and
ReboundKC: Kansas author says key to financial control is removing emotions surrounding money
A Kansas author talks about focusing on goals instead of emotions to right your finances.
and last updated 2021-05-07 13:36:46-04
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. â Darcie Elizabeth admits she used to feel comfortable when she had debt. The accountant turned author and money consultant living in Ottawa, Kansas, says people unconsciously attach emotions to finances, something she calls money design.
Elizabeth said people prefer to stay where theyâre comfortable. For her that meant being in debt.
Her new book and accompany e-course called âMore Money, More Power?â explain how she found financial freedom.
George Frazier: The University Press of Kansas must be preserved
By George Frazier
In late January, I received an email from my publisher, the University Press of Kansas, that an external consultant will conduct a review of the Press and put forward a recommendation to its trustees about how or if the Press will continue to operate. As a writer and armchair academic (I have a Ph.D. in computer science but work as a software architect rather than professor), this felt like one more 2020 pandemic-year kick in the gut.
Four years ago, the Press published my book “The Last Wild Places of Kansas: Journeys into Hidden Landscapes.” Since then I’ve traveled across the state giving talks about Kansas wild places. At every stop, somebody comes up after my presentation to let me know how my book put down in print what they had felt all their lives about Kansas that it is a place that matters. Books are powerful like that. They can legitimize and validate feelings that are somet
Many Bookstores Still Raising Cash on GoFundMe By Ed Nawotka, Alex Green, and Claire Kirch | Dec 18, 2020
It is no secret that this holiday shopping season is a make-or-break period for many bookstores around the country. A survey by the American Booksellers Association in October revealed that, on average, one store closed each week this year. Recently, several bookstores like the Strand in New York City and Harvard Book Store in Boston took to social media to ask customers to come in and buy books to offset severe business declines caused by the pandemic. Other store owners have turned to crowdfunding sites such as GoFundMe to raise money.
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